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There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
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It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.
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Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.
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An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may.
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